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Quizzes for Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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Which words and/or phrases from the proem of the Aeneid are allusions to Homer’s Odyssey?

A
  • battered on land and sea

- a man

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Which animals are sacrificed in a suovetaurilia?

A
  • pig
  • sheep
  • bull
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Which of the following are representations of furor in book one of the Aeneid?

A
  • the shipwreck

- Juno

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4
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Match the Roman god with an appropriate description of him. 
Jupiter
Mars
Neptune
Pluto
Bacchus
A 
Jupiter: king of the gods
Mars: usually depicted with weapons
Neptune: god of the sea
Pluto: god of the underworld
Bacchus: god of wine
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True or false: Vergil composed three epic poems, the Aeneid, the Iliad and the Odyssey.

A

false Vergil composed the Bucolics, the Georgics and the Aeneid. The Iliad and the Odyssey were written by the Greek poet Homer.

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Which of the following divinities is an example of a foreign or imported divinity?

A

Quirinus

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Which divinities appear in the first book of the Aeneid?

A

Jupiter, Venus, Juno

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Q

Match the Roman priesthood with an appropriate description of it.
haruspex
decemviri
augur

A

haruspex: read entrails of sacrificial animals
decemviri: consulted during times of crisis
augur: interprets the flight of birds

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How is Aeneas described in the Catalogue of Ships in Book 2 of the Iliad?

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Second only to Hector, the prince of Troy

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10
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Match the Latin terms associated with Roman temples with its correct meaning.
ara
cella temple

A

ara: altar
cella: main room of temple housing
templum: sacred precinct

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What scene from the fall of Troy is depicted here?

-woman holding onto a statue as a man approaches her

A

Abduction of Cassandra

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What does the following passage from Book 2 of the Aeneid illustrate or exemplify?

“Take into your hands, Father, the sacred gods / Of our country. It would be a sacrilege / If I touched them before I washed away / The bloody filth of battle in a living river.”

A

Aeneas’ concern for his gods

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What divine omens happen at the end of Book 2 that convince Anchises to flee from Troy with Aeneas?

BE SURE TO MARK ALL CORRECT ANSWERS

A
  • flame over Ascanius’ head
  • a shooting star
  • crashing thunder
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Match the individuals encountered in Book 2 of the Aeneid with an appropriate description of them.

  • Hector
  • Laocoon
  • Sinon
  • Priam
A

Hector: appears to Aeneas as a ghost
Laocoon: tries to warn trojans about the horse
Sinon: tells a fabricated story about the horse
Priam: killed by neuptolemus

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15
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Who stated the following in Book 2 of the Aeneid?

“Run, child of the goddess. Save yourself from /These flames. The enemy holds the walls. / Great Troy is falling. Enough has been given / To Priam and his country. If Pergamum’s height / Could be defended by a hero’s hand, / Its defense would have been this hand of mine.”

A

The ghost of Hector

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16
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Who is speaking in the following passage from book 4 of the Aeneid?

Why not instead work out a lasting peace – / sealed with a royal marriage? You have what you want: / Dido burning with love, her very bones enflamed. / I propose, therefore, that we rule this people jointly,/ With equal authority. Dido can submit /To a Trojan husband, with Carthage as her dowry.

A

Juno

17
Q

Match the following places mentioned in Book 3 of the Aeneid with an event that occurred there.
Thrace
Delos
Crete

A

Thrace: Aeneas begins to build a new city and names it Aeneadae
Delos: Anchises misinterprets the oracle of Apollo
Crete: Aeneas begins to build a new city and names it Pergamum

18
Q

What does the following passage from book 4 of the Aeneid foretell?

“May treaties never unite / These nations, may no love ever be lost between them. / And from my bones may some avenger rise up / To harry the Trojans with fire and sword, / Now and whenever we have the power.”

A

the Punic Wars

19
Q

In Buthrotum, Aeneas encounters ____ who is a son of Priam, and _____ , the former wife of the Trojan prince, Hector.

A

Helenus

Andromache

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